Wikipedia:WikiProject England/The West Country Challenge/Gloucestershire

The Gloucestershire Contest was won by User:Cwmhiraeth. It has now closed and has moved on to Somerset. Thanks to everybody who contributed!

The West Country Challenge
Day 13-15: Gloucestershire

Core articles Class (as of 17 Aug) means FA GA B C Start Stub List 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot 61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot Almondsbury Interchange Annual Cheese Rolling Event Aust Ferry Badminton House Battle of Deorham Berkeley Castle Berkeley nuclear power station Beverston Castle Chavenage House Cheltenham Cheltenham & Gloucester Cheltenham Town F.C. Clearwell Caves Cirencester Cotswolds Cribbs Causeway Duke of Beaufort's Hunt Duke of Gloucester Dyrham Park Flag of Gloucestershire Forest of Dean Gloucester Gloucester and Sharpness Canal Gloucester Cathedral Gloucester Harbour Trustees Gloucester Waterways Museum Gloucestershire Gloucestershire County Cricket Club Gloucestershire Old Spots Pig Gloucestershire Regiment Gloucester Rugby Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Government Communications Headquarters W. G. Grace Hailes Abbey History of Gloucestershire HMS Gloucester (1654) HMS Gloucester (1695) HMS Gloucester (1711) HMS Gloucester (1745) HMS Gloucester (1812) HMS Gloucester (1909) HMS Gloucester (62) J. K. Rowling Laurie Lee List of Parliamentary constituencies in Gloucestershire M5 motorway MoD Abbey Wood Mythe Bridge Newark Park Oldbury Nuclear Power Station Owlpen Manor RAF Fairford RAF Little Rissington Ralph Richardson River Severn Rodmarton Manor pinching this one please WormTT(talk) Royal Agricultural University Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment Second Severn Crossing Severn bore Severn Bridge Severn Railway Bridge Severn Tunnel Snowshill Manor South Gloucestershire Stroud Sudeley Castle Tewkesbury Abbey The Doughnut Tyndale Monument University of Gloucestershire West Country English Westbury Court Garden Wildfowl and Wetland Trust, Slimbridge Woodchester Mansion Cleanup highlights Stubs See Category:Stub-Class WikiProject Gloucestershire articles 20 College Green 66 Westgate Street A4173 road Abbeywood Community School Ablington, Gloucestershire Adlestrop Alderman Knight School Aldsworth Alkerton, Gloucestershire Alkington, Gloucestershire Allaston Alstone, Tewkesbury Ampney St Mary Andoversford Anthony's Cross Arle, Cheltenham Arlebrook Arlingham Arlington, Gloucestershire Aston Magna Aston-sub-Edge Avening Valley Awkley Bagendon Bagpath Bagstone Baker's Hill Bamfurlong, Gloucestershire Percival Barnett Barnwood Park Arts College Arthur Barrow (cricketer) Bearland House Beast of Dean Charles Belcher (cricketer) Percy Bell Clement Bengough Edward Benson (cricketer) Richard Bernard (cricketer) John Bessant Edward Vivian Birchall Bishop of Tewkesbury Ernest Blackmore Bernard Bloodworth William Boroughs Hubert Boughton William Boughton (cricketer) Joseph Brain Bristol (European Parliament constituency) Broad Campden David W. J. Brown Elliott Browne Wilfred Brownlee Charles Bruton Henry Beadman Bryant John Collins Bryant Cecily Hill Barracks Cheltenham Borough Council election, 2016 Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre Chipping Sodbury School Churchdown School Academy Cinderford R.F.C. Cirencester Amphitheatre Cirencester Park Halsted Cobden Frederick Cole Compton baronets Norman Cornelius Alan Cornwall (priest) Cotswold District Council election, 2015 Court House, Painswick William Croke (English politician) Arthur Croome Francis Curteis Gerald Davies (cricketer) Leonard Day Alfred Dearlove Douglas F.C. Dutton baronets Charles Edwards (cricketer) Elcombe Francis Ellis (cricketer) Walter Fairbanks Farmington, Gloucestershire Nick Finan Fleece Hotel Percy Ford (cricketer) Reggie Ford Forest of Dean District Council election, 2015 Theodore Fowler George Fox (cricketer) John Fox (cricketer, born 1851) Guy Francis Henry Gallop Thomas Gange George Gardner (priest) Martin Gerrard Gloucester Academy Gloucester City Council election, 2015 Gloucester City Council election, 2016 Gloucester Court of Probate (listed building) Gloucester Journal Gloucester Shire Hall Gloucestershire Archives Gloucestershire Volunteer Artillery Richard Godsell Gorsley and Kilcot William Venn Gough William Gouldsworthy Alfred Grace William Grant (cricketer) Great Rissington Alan Greene (cricketer) Greenway Halt railway station (Gloucestershire) Charles Greenway (cricketer) Charles Greville (physician) Herbert Gribble Edward Griffiths (cricketer) Percy Hattersley-Smith Henry Hayward Henbury railway station Reginald Hewlett Walter Hobhouse Henry Hodgkins George Holloway (cricketer) Reginald Holloway Vic Hopkins Horsley Priory Worthington Hoskin Henry Huggins (cricketer) Kenneth Hunt (cricketer) James Husey-Hunt George Hutchins Nicholas Hyett John Iles Hylton Jessop Osman Jessop Walter Jessop (cricketer) Hugh Jones (cricketer) John Jones (water polo) Kimsbury hill fort William Kington Sidney Kitcat Ladybellegate Street Stephen Lake Henry Law Albert Leatham John Lewis (Archdeacon of Cheltenham) Little Avon River Little Rissington Longstone of Minchinhampton Maidenhill School Humphrey Mainprice Edmund Marsden Marylone, Gloucester Alan Matthews (cricketer) William McClintock Bernard Meakin Horace Merrick Mitcheldean Road & Forest of Dean Junction Railway Denis Moore Ewart Morrison Bill Murch Edmund Murray (priest) Nagshead SSSI William Neale New Passage Pier railway station Arthur Newnham James Norley Norton, Gloucestershire Arthur Nott Oakenhill Railway Cutting Oakridge, Gloucestershire Old Centralians Arthur Paish Francis Partridge David Partridge (cricketer) Patchway Community College Guy Pedder George Pepall Robert Phelps (pentathlete) Arthur Pickering Pittville School John Plumptre (priest) Prescott, Gloucestershire Hubert Prichard Donald Priestley QA Ltd RAF Boddington RAF Chedworth Douglas Raikes Gilbert Rattenbury Edward Rice (priest) Reginald Rice Lambert Roberts Arthur Robinson (cricketer, born 1855) John Robinson (cricketer, born 1909) Percy Robinson Rodmarton Manor Arthur Roper Frank Rowlands William Rowlands Rudhall of Gloucester Malcolm Salter Edward Scobell Osmund Scott Frederick Seabrook Frederick William Sears Arthur Serjeant Seven Springs, Gloucestershire Severnside Community Rail Partnership Jack Sewell Edward Sheppard William Simmonds John Sinclair (priest) Kenneth Soutar South Gloucestershire Council election, 2015 Ernest Staddon John Stanton (cricketer) Eric Stephens (cricketer) Martin Stovold Stowell Park Stroud District Council election, 2015 Edward Studd John Sullivan (cricketer, born 1948) Godfrey Surman Ronald Sutch Swangrove Noel Tagart Alan Tait (English cricketer) Clifford Taylor (cricketer) Edmund Taylor (cricketer) Frank Taylor (cricketer) Tewkesbury and Malvern Railway Tewkesbury Borough Council election, 2015 The Camp, Gloucestershire The Dean Academy The Forest High School, Cinderford The Sword (public house) Thomas Keble School Edgar Thomas Frank Thomas (cricketer) Edward Tickell Herbert Timms Tirley William Tonge Wilson Tovey Frank Townsend (cricketer, born 1875) Nicholas Trainor Tredworth Road Cemetery Tribute Western Counties North Frank Troup Thomas Truman Charles Turnbull (cricketer) Upper Ditchford Bertram Watkins Charles James Watkins Frederic Watts Lawrence Watts Frederick Weeks Alison White Whiteshill, Gloucestershire Whiteway Colony Whitminster Alfred Wilcox (cricketer) William Heyberer John Williams (cricketer, born 1878) Philip Williams (cricketer, born 1884) Graham Wiltshire Winchcombe School Anthony Windows Alec Winstone James Winterbotham Gilbert Wooley Wotton, Gloucester Missing articles Administrative Areas Parishes Ancient & Modern See List of civil parishes in Gloucestershire for context Cotswold Cherington Clapton Colesbourne Driffield Hampnett Hazleton Preston Saintbury Temple Guiting Todenham Westonbirt with Lasborough Winson Forest of Dean Hewelsfield and Brockweir Oxenhall Pauntley Rudford and Highleadon Ruspidge and Soudley Staunton Coleford Taynton South Gloucestershire Hanham Abbots Pilning and Severn Beach Stroud Ham and Stone Longney and Epney Moreton Valence Pitchcombe Whiteshill and Ruscombe Tewkesbury Chaceley Great Witcombe Leigh Oxenton Sudeley Wheatpieces Urban and Rural District Councils and Municipal and County Boroughs Cheltenham Rural District Cirencester Rural District Newent Rural District Northleach Rural District Sodbury Rural District Stroud Rural District Tetbury Rural District Warmley Rural District Architecture Grade I listed buildings See sub lists of Grade I listed buildings in Gloucestershire Grade II* listed buildings See sub lists of Grade II* listed buildings in Gloucestershire Settlements Chaceley Chaxhill Clapton-in-the-Hill Coldharbour Colesborne Colthrope Didbrook Dixton Driffield Elmore Back Epney Forthampton Frocester Hill Fyfield Greet Ham Hampnet Hardwicke (Elmstone-Hardwicke) Haresfield Hazleton Henbury Hidcote Boyce Kent's Green Kineton Leigh Little Witcombe Longney Lower Apperley Lower Berry Hill Lower Cam Lower Lemington Moreton Valence Oxenton Parton Priding The Reddings Saintbury Shuthonger Stowe Stratford Sudgrove Taynton Temple Guiting Througham Slad Upper Coberley Upper Soudley Walton Cardiff Winson Withybridge Sport Men's football Moreton Town F.C. Sharpness A.F.C. Women's football These teams all played in the FA Women's Premier League in 2015–16: Cheltenham Town L.F.C. Forest Green Rovers L.F.C. Gloucester City L.F.C. St Nicholas L.F.C. Missing photos Main page: Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Gloucestershire Leaderboard The leaderboard with ranking of editors will be maintained during each round and moved onto the next round once it is completed. Gloucestershire contest overall ranking Cwmhiraeth - 2185 points (Winner: + 500 points added WINNER of Gloucestershire Contest.) Strumvogel_66 - 1185 points (+200 points for finishing Gloucestershire contest in 2nd place added) Worm and Stacey - 540 points (+200 pending) (+100 points for finishing Gloucestershire contest in 3rd place added) Rodw - 510 points Penny Richards - 30 points Miyagawa - 25 points Deb - 15 points Ritchie333 - 5 points Day 13 Cwmhiraeth - 1230 points (Winner:+£10) Rodw - 375 points Sturmvogel_66 - 225 points Penny Richards - 10 points Day 14 Sturmvogel_66 - 350 points (Winner:+£10) Cwmhiraeth - 225 points Rodw - 110 points Deb - 15 points Penny Richards - 10 points Day 15 Worm and Stacey - 440 points (+200 pending) (Winner:+£10) Sturmvogel_66 - 410 points Cwmhiraeth - 230 points Miyagawa - 25 points Rodw - 25 points Penny Richards - 10 points Ritchie333 - 5 points Overall scoreboard After 15 days: Cwmhiraeth - 7845 points Worm and Stacey - 6020 points (+200 pending) Sturmvogel_66 - 3585 points Ritchie333 - 2430 points Rodw - 1545 points Hchc2009 - 600 points Gasheadsteve - 445 points D Eaketts - 270 points Penny Richards - 270 points Deb - 85 points Miyagawa - 25 points Contestants Cwmhiraeth Chavenage House - Destubbed core article, no refs, removed some poor quality stuff = 80 points [1] Y I initially read it as "Cleavage House", must be my dirty mind eh Deb ;-)?♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:05, 27 August 2016 (UTC) Gloucester Harbour Trustees - Destubbed core article = 75 points [2] Y Almondsbury Interchange - Destubbed core article = 75 points [3] Y Snowshill Manor - Expanded and cleaned up core article = 50 points [4]Y Mythe Bridge - Destubbed core article = 75 points [5]Y Severn bore - Expanded core article = 75 points + nominated for GANY (+ 200 GA Y) Severn Railway Bridge - Expanded core article = 75 points + nominated for GAN. Important article, great job! Y +200 GA Y WWT Slimbridge - Expanded core article = 75 points + nominated for GAN.@Cwmhiraeth: Can you source "There are still Nene geese at Slimbridge today."?♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:36, 28 August 2016 (UTC) I have removed the statement. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 08:47, 29 August 2016 (UTC) Could you check the score for 28 August, as I nominated two GANs that day. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 08:51, 29 August 2016 (UTC)Y @Cwmhiraeth: I'll update the +200, +400 for two once they pass GA. Last time I checked they'd not passed GA.♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:45, 29 August 2016 (UTC) (+200 GA}} Y Ablington Manor - Destubbed = 25 points [6]Y Henbury railway station - Destubbed = 25 points [7]Y Icomb Place - Destubbed = 25 points [8]Y Kingswood Abbey - Destubbed = 25 points [9]Y Oddington, Gloucestershire - Destubbed = 25 points [10]Y Daylesford, Gloucestershire - Destubbed = 25 points [11]Y Ampney Crucis - Destubbed = 25 points [12]Y Littleton-upon-Severn - Destubbed = 25 points [13]Y Cromhall - Destubbed + ghastly tag = 30 points [14]Y Horton, Gloucestershire - Destubbed = 25 points [15]Y Dodington Park - Destubbed = 25 points [16]Y User: D Eaketts Epney - New Article - 10 points @D Eaketts: Remember it has to be minimum 1,5 kb readable prose and the articles all have to be submitted between 27 and 29th August to get the points. These were mostly done on August 7th and 21st!. Never mind, they all count towards the overall improvements list!♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:02, 27 August 2016 (UTC) Hardwicke (Elmstone-Hardwicke) - New Redirect - 10 points? -Afraid not for redirects! Longney - New Article - 10 points Moreton Valence - New Article - 10 points St Barnabas Church, Gloucester - New Article - 10 points St James Church, Quedgeley - New Article - 10 points User: Miyagawa Fleece Hotel [17] Destubbed +25 Y User: Penny Richards Phyllis Barron (1890-1964) textile designer based in Painswick; new article, +10.Y Dorothy Larcher (1884-1952) textile designer based in Painswick; new article, +10.Y Clara J. Peck (1862-1926), public health nurse born in Stroud; new article, +10.Y User:Ritchie333 A466 road destubbed (more like rewritten from scratch, longtime off-wiki request from Peter Damian), 25 points Y Aust Severn View services - small cleanup and some sources, 10 points. Really would like to do a full expansion but I can't find enough online sources about the original (and somewhat iconic) building in its heyday as the gateway to Wales -5 points as there's still some unsourced material.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:33, 29 August 2016 (UTC)Y User:Rodw Dyrham Park major expansion of stubby virtually unreferenced core article - 75 points + GA nom . Superb effort! Y♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:19, 27 August 2016 (UTC) - Now GA +200 Y Stowell Park - Destubbed core article = 75 pointsY Cirencester Amphitheatre destubbed - 25 points Y New Passage Pier railway station destubbed - 25 points. @Rodw: Can you source paragraphs 2, 3 and 5? Cheers.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:28, 28 August 2016 (UTC) Refs added.— Rod talk 10:06, 28 August 2016 (UTC)Y Court House, Painswick destubbed - 25 points Y Prescott, Gloucestershire destubbed - 25 points Y Tewkesbury Abbey clean up and dealt with "lead too short" banner - 10 points Y Arlington, Gloucestershire destubbed - 25 points Y Rudhall of Gloucester destubbed - 25 points @Rodw: Can you ref "Six bells, cast in 1714 by Abr. Rudhall, still hang at St Leonard's Church, Middleton, Greater Manchester. On September 14th, 2014, a special peal was rung to commemorate the 300th anniversary of their installation."?♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:26, 29 August 2016 (UTC) 1st part reffed, 2nd part removed.— Rod talk 10:45, 29 August 2016 (UTC)Y User:Sturmvogel_66 HMS Gloucester (1654) core article destubbed 75 points [18] Y HMS Gloucester (1711) core article destubbed 75 points [19] Y HMS Gloucester (1695) core article destubbed 75 points [20] Y HMS Gloucester (1745) core article destubbed 75 points [21] Y HMS Gloucester (1909) core article expanded + GA nom 75Y + (200 pending) [22] Promoted--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 22:24, 31 August 2016 (UTC)Y HMS Gloucester (62) core article expanded + nasty tag + GA nom 80 + (200 GA) [23]Y Promoted.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 19:14, 29 August 2016 (UTC) RAF Chedworth destubbed + ghastly tag 30 points [24]Y RAF South Cerney destubbed + 25 points [25]Y HMS Gloucester (1812) core article destubbed 75 points [26]Y User:Deb Adlestrop (poem). New article - 10 points please Y Old Baptist Chapel, Tewkesbury. New article - 10 points please Bishop of Tewkesbury. De-stubbed. -still a wee bit short Deb, around 1.2 kb at the moment of readable prose.♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:11, 28 August 2016 (UTC) Sorry, just can't find any more!!! Deb (talk) 22:35, 28 August 2016 (UTC) I'll give you 5 points for the improvement!♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:52, 29 August 2016 (UTC)Y User:Worm That Turned (and User:Staceydolxx) Rodmarton Manor - core article destubbed (no sources), nominated for good - 80 points (so far)Y (+ 200 pending) Duke of Beaufort's Hunt - core article destubbed - 75 points Y Flag of Gloucestershire - core article destubbed + ghastly tags removed Y (technically it was 1500 chars, but it was all quotes). - 80 points Y Gloucester Waterways Museum - core article destubbed - 75 points Y Painswick Lodge - destubbed 25 points Y Arthur Paish - destubbed 25 points Y Little Avon River - destubbed, removal of tags - 30 points Can you fill out ref 1?♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:21, 29 August 2016 (UTC) Or remove it all together ;) WormTT(talk) 19:43, 29 August 2016 (UTC)Y Longstone of Minchinhampton destubbed - 25 points. Y Le Champignon Sauvage destubbed - 25 points. Y